Comments on: Promoting a Culture of Life http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2006/05/03/promoting-a-culture-of-life/ & Home of Lawn Mower Repair Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:57:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Danny http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2006/05/03/promoting-a-culture-of-life/#comment-67 Thu, 04 May 2006 19:32:00 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2006/05/03/promoting-a-culture-of-life/#comment-67 There is a difference in the usage. One is more informal, perhaps folksy. The other is a bit more formal, perhaps even stilted. (And of course, they are not interchangeable because the sentence construction after each phrase is necessarily different.) This would be a more interesting and somewhat pertinent question if either of those phrases had actually been used in the post. :) Thanks, Kathy, 18,000 is a lot of deaths each year. There is a difference in the usage. One is more informal, perhaps folksy. The other is a bit more formal, perhaps even stilted. (And of course, they are not interchangeable because the sentence construction after each phrase is necessarily different.)

This would be a more interesting and somewhat pertinent question if either of those phrases had actually been used in the post.

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Thanks, Kathy, 18,000 is a lot of deaths each year.

]]> by: Anonymous http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2006/05/03/promoting-a-culture-of-life/#comment-66 Thu, 04 May 2006 18:34:00 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2006/05/03/promoting-a-culture-of-life/#comment-66 Is there a difference in the meaning of "just because" and "attributed to"? Is there a difference in the meaning of “just because” and “attributed to”?

]]> by: Kathy http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2006/05/03/promoting-a-culture-of-life/#comment-65 Thu, 04 May 2006 17:33:00 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2006/05/03/promoting-a-culture-of-life/#comment-65 Excellent post. The right has so effectively painted universal coverage as "socialist" that it's going to take a crisis <I>that affects them personally</I> to see real change. Excellent post. The right has so effectively painted universal coverage as “socialist” that it’s going to take a crisis that affects them personally to see real change.

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